I’m sure lots of folks here would be interested, but is anyone else here afraid of launch malfunctions like I am?
Not to mention, the first crewed vehicle to leave Earth's orbit since 1972. Not only do we have little experience doing it, it hasn't been done in nearly half a century.
Elon has motivated some amazing people to do some amazing things, but this seems like pure PR/Marketing theatre to me.
I hope I’m wrong, but... very skeptical of stuff like this.
Falcon 9 took SpaceX from concept (2005) to first integration testing (2008) to first flight (2010). Landing the core went from 'impossible' to small scale tests (2013) to recovery tests and landing of used boosters (2015).
Yes, they're doing all of this, again, all at once. But I dont see a reason why they couldn't pull it off. They've done so once already, and so far, they are on track. Their timer for me starts in 2016 with the unveiling of the BFR. Integration testing & landing validation started in 2019, and sticking a landing (albeit not orbital) is expected any day now (and that I mean literally, there's a test scheduled for today)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearMoon_project
That said, it's all tied to the development of the SpaceX Starship, which remains very much a work in progress.
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Weird way to buy a bunch of followers, contact info, and faces.
(I'm a huge proponent of space; I just hope this …novel… approach doesn't end up setting things back somehow.)
